This Beef Kaldereta recipe is for a hearty Filipino tomato based stew that is chocked full of veggies. Dad likes to use beef bottom round roast and cut it into chunks for his. The prep for this dish is very minimal. All you need to do is cube up the beef and peel and chop up some veggies.
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No Mutton Here
Beef Kaldereta is a traditional Filipino stew. It is a variation of the original recipe that used mutton or goat meat.
Since goat meat is not that common in the states and not many have a taste for it, Dad likes to make the beef version for his Kaldereta recipe.
Dad likes to buy his own roasts and cut his stew meat from them vs buying precut stew meat. Most of the stew meat you find is the scraps the butcher had left over and it is not usually the greatest meat.
Dad feels like he gets a better end result in buying a roast and cutting his own chunks.
Other than that the recipe for Instant Pot Beef Kaldereta is really straight forward.
Rinse the bell peppers. Cut the pepper in half and remove the seeds and inside of the peppers. Then cut them into rings. Cut the onion in half and peel them. Then cut them into ⅛ inch slices. Wash and peel the potatoes. Then cut the potatoes into even-sized chunks. Wash and peel the carrots. Then cut the carrots into about ½ inch chunks.
Remove any excess fat from the bottom round roast. Cut the bottom round roast into 1-inch chunks. If you are using stew meat you can skip this step.
Season the meat with garlic powder and onion powder. If you have a spice shaker you can add equal parts of each to the shaker and just shake it all over. If not shake separately from the containers. Coat the beef chunks with flour.
Set the instant pot to the Saute and the Normal Setting. Coat the pot with enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom. Let the oil come to temp for about 5 minutes or so.
Just until the oil starts to smoke. Saute the beef for 2-3 minutes per side. You will have to work in batches. Remove all the meat and add the minced garlic.
Add the red wine and then make sure you scrape the bottom well to prevent getting a burn notice. Add the beef stock. Add the soy sauce, bay leaves, paprika, and the tomato paste.
Make sure and stir well. Add in the beef, potatoes and carrots and mix well. Put the lid on the instant pot and cook on the meat/stew setting for 35 minutes.
Allow for a 15-minute Natural Pressure Release (NRP) and then open up the instant pot. Add the peppers, the onions, and the olives.
Set the instant pot to saute and the normal setting and let it simmer for 25 minutes or until the veggies are tender-crisp. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with rice.
Instant Pot Beef Kaldereta
Equipment
- Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
- 3 lbs Bottom Round Roast Cubed or Stew Meat
- 3 Carrots
- 3 Potatoes
- ½ cup Green Olives
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Green Bell Pepper
- 1 cup Red Wine
- 2 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- 4 cups Beef Stock
- 2 tablespoon Vegetable Oil Just enough to coat the inner pot.
- 1 6 oz Can of Tomato Paste
- 2 tablespoon Minced Garlic
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 4 Bay Leaves
- ¼ cup Flour Just enough to coat the beef.
- 2 tablespoon Garlic Powder
- 2 tablespoon Onion Powder
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
Instructions
- Rinse the bell peppers. Cut the pepper in half and remove the seeds and inside of the peppers. Then cut them into rings.
- Cut the onion in half and peel them. Then cut them into ⅛ inch slices.
- Wash and peel the potatoes. Then cut the potatoes into even sized chunks.
- Wash and peel the carrots. Then cut the carrots into about ½ inch chunks.
- Remove any excess fat from the bottom round roast. Cut the bottom round roast into 1 inch chunks. If you are using stew meat you can skip this step.
- Season the meat with garlic powder and onion powder. If you have a spice shaker you can add equal parts of each to the shaker and just shake it all over. If not shake separately from the containers.
- Coat the beef chunks with flour.
- Set the instant pot to Saute and the Normal Setting
- Coat the pot with enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom.
- Let the oil come to temp for about 5 minutes or so. Just until the oil starts to smoke.
- Saute the beef for 2-3 minutes per side. You will have to work in batches.
- Remove all the meat and add the minced garlic.
- Add the red wine and then make sure you scrape the bottom well to prevent getting a burn notice.
- Add the beef stock.
- Add the soy sauce, bay leaves, paprika and the tomato paste. Make sure and stir well.
- Add in the beef, potatoes and carrots and mix well.
- Put the lid on the instant pot and cook on the meat/stew setting for 35 minutes.
- Allow for a 15 minute Natural Pressure Release (NRP).
- Add the peppers, the onions and the olives.
- Set the instant pot to saute and the normal setting and let it simmer for 25 minutes or until the veggies are tender crisp.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with rice.
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Normally there is a liver paste added to Beef Kaldereta to thicken it. Dad opted not to uses this. Liver paste is not readily available in most regular grocery stores.
Additionally when cooking this recipe in the instant pot the potatoes break down and the starch from them add quite a bit of thickness to the stew as it is.
If you would like a thicker stew you can always go ahead and add in some corn starch at the end.
Substitutions for Beef Kaldereta Recipe
Feel free to omit the green olives if you do not like them. If you do you may have to add more salt to your Beef Kaldereta to make up for the loss from removing the olives.
Dad would not recommend omitting any other ingredients from the Beef Kaldereta as it would alter the flavor and consistency considerably.
Kaldereta or Caldereta
Dad has seen this recipe spelled both ways. It seems to be more commonly spelled with the K though. Either way you spell it is is AWESOME!
Why not try one of Dad's other Filipino Instant Pot Recipes
Dad's Crispy Style Instant Pot Chicken Adobo is one of his most popular recipes. Give it a try, you will like it for sure!
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